#686b57

Color #686b57

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.95 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#686b57

RGB

rgb(104, 107, 87)

HSL

hsl(69, 10.3%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69, 18.7%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 18.7%, 58%)

LAB

lab(44.44, -5, 10.85)

LCH

lch(44.44, 11.95, 114.74)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.0305, 114.38)

HWB

hwb(69, 34.1%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a576b

Analogous

#6b6457

#686b57

#5e6b57

Triadic

#686b57

#57686b

#6b5768

Split-complementary

#686b57

#575e6b

#64576b

Tetradic

#686b57

#576b5a

#5a576b

#6b5768

Square

#686b57

#576b64

#5a576b

#6b575e

Shades

Color #686b57 mixed toward black.

#575948

#45473a

#34352b

#23241d

#11120e

Tints

Color #686b57 mixed toward white.

#84886f

#9da08b

#b6b8a8

#ced0c5

#e7e7e2

Tones

Color #686b57 mixed toward gray.

#676959

#66685a

#64665c

#63645e

#62635f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.83:1

White text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69695c · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#69695e · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#686061 · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 10.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #686b57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686b57]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686b57 (#686b57) is rgb(104, 107, 87) in RGB.

No, #686b57 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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